WO2016116013A1

WO2016116013A1 - Software upgrade method and system

Info

Publication number: WO2016116013A1
Application number: PCT/CN2016/071033
Authority: WO
Inventors: 李盛; 叶斐; 赵金霞
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2015-01-19
Filing date: 2016-01-15
Publication date: 2016-07-28
Also published as: CN105871568A; CN105871568B

Abstract

A software upgrade method, comprising: acquiring information about a network management server, if the network management server is detected, the network management server serving as a controller to control a software upgrade; and if the network management server is not detected, a service board, which has been upgraded successfully, serving as a controller to control the software upgrade; if the network management server serves as a controller to control the software upgrade, the network management server upgrading a service board to be upgraded in a subgroup according to the order of priority of a response returned by the service board to be upgraded; and if the service board, which has been upgraded successfully, serves as a controller to control the software upgrade, the service board, which has been upgraded successfully, upgrading a service board to be upgraded in a network element according to the order of priority of a response returned by the service board to be upgraded. The method saves system resources, does not occupy a CPU and storage space of a server, and improves the upgrade speed of a plurality of service boards in a network element, thereby realizing the automatic upgrade function of the service boards.

Description

Software upgrade method and system

Technical field

This application relates to, but is not limited to, the field of software upgrades, and more particularly to software upgrade methods and systems.

Background technique

With the rapid development of optical communication technology, optical communication systems have become more advanced and efficient. Along with this, the number and types of devices have multiplied, which has made the requirements of the network element control system for optical communication systems used for equipment management and maintenance become higher and higher.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a device monitoring system in the prior art. As shown in Figure 1, the device monitoring system usually includes a network management server as a monitoring device, a main control board as a network management server agent, and a service board (such as service boards 1 to 16) as a monitored device. A single network element can accommodate hundreds of service boards, which complicates and innovates the maintenance and upgrade of the business board software version on the entire system. When the number of service boards on the NE is large, the workload of the software upgrade of the service board is also heavy. The speed of upgrading the entire NE will become very slow, and the omission or incomplete upgrade may occur. The network element system brings hidden dangers. In addition, there may be a lot of software for upgrading, storing and managing these softwares, and also challenging the memory space of the network management server and the main control board.

The prior art has the following disadvantages:

1. The software upgrade process requires the network management server and the main control board to transfer the software version to be upgraded to one or more service boards. Usually, a number of service boards are to be upgraded, the number is large, and the upgrade speed will be very slow. The resources of the network management server and the main control board and the data transmission bandwidth are too large and take too long.

Second, the software required for the software upgrade process must be saved and maintained in the network management server and the main control board, and the storage space requirements will be large;

3. If the business board is upgraded by manual operation, it is difficult to ensure that there is no omission, resulting in no upgrade of individual business board software.

Summary of the invention

The following is an overview of the topics detailed in this document. This Summary is not intended to limit the scope of the claims.

The embodiment of the invention provides a software upgrade method and system, which aims to solve the problem of missing upgrades caused by large resources, long occupation time, large storage space and manual upgrade in the software upgrade process.

To achieve the above objective, an embodiment of the present invention provides a software upgrade method, where the software upgrade method includes:

If the network management server is detected, the network management server is used as the controller to control the software upgrade. If the network management server is not detected, the service board that has been successfully upgraded is used as the controller to control the software upgrade.

If the network management server is used as the controller and the control software is upgraded, the network management server upgrades the service board to be upgraded in the packet according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded.

If the service board that has been successfully upgraded is used as the controller and the software is upgraded, the service board that has been upgraded is upgraded according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded.

Optionally, the step of upgrading, by the network management server, the service board to be upgraded in the packet according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded includes:

The network management server determines the priority of the response to be sent by the service board to be upgraded, and establishes an iteration upgrade sequence to control the service board to be upgraded.

Optionally, the step of upgrading the service board to be upgraded in the network element by using the priority of the service board that is successfully upgraded according to the priority of the service board to be upgraded includes:

The upgraded service board is used to upgrade the service board to be upgraded based on the priority of the response to the service board to be upgraded.

The network management server establishes the software version information base and the service group of the service board to be upgraded, and the service board that has been successfully upgraded is used as the source service board.

The network management server obtains the software version information of the source service board, and saves the software version information of the source service board in the software version information base;

The network management server sends the software version information of the source service board to the service board to be upgraded in the packet;

The network management server determines, according to the response returned by the service board to be upgraded in the packet, whether the service board to be upgraded in the packet needs to be upgraded;

If the service board to be upgraded in the packet needs to be upgraded, the network management server controls the service board to be upgraded in the packet to be iteratively upgraded according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded.

Optionally, the upgrade of the service board to be upgraded by the service board that has been successfully upgraded according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded includes:

The upgraded service board is used as the source service board, and the upgraded software version information is sent by the source service board to the service board to be upgraded in the network element.

Determining whether the service board to be upgraded needs to be upgraded according to the response returned by the service board to be upgraded in the network element;

If the service board to be upgraded needs to be upgraded, the upgrade service board is iteratively upgraded according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a software upgrade system, where the software upgrade system includes a network management server and a service board, where

The service board includes:

The obtaining module is configured to obtain the information of the network management server. If the network management server is detected, the network management server is used as the controller to control the software upgrade. If the network management server is not detected, the service board that has been successfully upgraded is used as the controller. software upgrade;

The service board upgrade module is configured to upgrade the service board to be upgraded in the NE according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded.

The network management server includes:

The network management upgrade module is configured to: the network management server is used as the controller to upgrade the service board to be upgraded in the group according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded.

Optionally, the network management upgrade module is configured to: when the network management server is used as a controller, and the control software is upgraded, the iterative upgrade sequence is established according to the priority order of the received service board to be upgraded, and the service board to be upgraded is controlled. upgrade.

Optionally, the service board upgrade module is configured to: the service board that has been successfully upgraded is used as a controller, and when the software is upgraded, the iterative upgrade order is established according to the priority order of the received response board to be upgraded. Upgrade the service board to be upgraded.

Optionally, the network management upgrade module includes:

The service unit is set up to establish a service version of the software version information base and the service board to be upgraded, and the service board that has been successfully upgraded is used as the source service board.

An obtaining unit, configured to obtain software version information of the source service board, and save the software version information of the source service board in a software version information base;

The first sending unit is configured to send the upgraded software version information of the source service board to the to-be-upgraded service board in the packet;

a first determining unit, configured to determine, according to the response returned by the service board to be upgraded in the packet, whether the service board to be upgraded in the packet needs to be upgraded;

The network management upgrade unit is configured to perform an iterative upgrade according to the priority order of the response to be updated by the service board to be upgraded if the service board to be upgraded in the packet needs to be upgraded.

Optionally, the service board upgrade module includes:

The second sending unit is configured to: the service board that has been successfully upgraded is used as a controller, and the software version information of the upgraded version is sent to the service board to be upgraded in the network element when the software is upgraded;

The second determining unit is configured to determine, according to the response returned by the service board to be upgraded in the network element, whether the service board to be upgraded needs to be upgraded;

The service board upgrade unit is configured to perform an iterative upgrade on the upgrade service board according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded in the network element, if the service board to be upgraded needs to be upgraded.

The embodiment of the invention further provides a software upgrade method, which is applied to a service board, and includes:

The service board detects the network management server information;

If the network management server is detected, the service board performs software upgrade under the control of the network management server;

If the network management server is not detected, and the service board is a service board that has been successfully upgraded, the service board upgrades the service board to be upgraded in the NE according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded. ;

If the network management server is not detected, and the service board is the service board to be upgraded, the service board performs software upgrade under the control of the service board that has been successfully upgraded in the network element.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a service board, including: a communication unit and a processor, where the communication unit is configured to detect network management server information, and the processor is configured to: if the network management server is detected, control of the network management server The software upgrade is performed. If the network management server is not detected and the service board is a service board that has been successfully upgraded, the service board to be upgraded in the NE is performed according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded. Upgrade, if the network management server is not detected, and the service board is the service board to be upgraded, the software upgrade is performed under the control of the service board that has been successfully upgraded in the NE.

The embodiment of the invention further provides a computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions, the software upgrade method being implemented when the computer executable instructions are executed.

In the software upgrade method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the information about the network management server is obtained. If the network management server is detected, the network management server is used as the controller to control the software upgrade; if the network management server is not detected, the service board that has been successfully upgraded is used as the service board. The controller and the control software are upgraded. If the network management server is used as the controller and the software is upgraded, the network management server upgrades the service board to be upgraded in the group according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded. If the upgraded service board is used as the controller and the software is upgraded, the service board that has been upgraded is upgraded according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded. The software upgrade method provided by the embodiment of the present invention saves system resources, does not occupy the central processing unit (CPU) and storage space of the network management server, optimizes management version information, improves the upgrade speed of the multi-service board in the network element, and simplifies The manual operation of the software upgrade avoids the omissions and errors caused by human factors, and realizes the automatic upgrade function of the business board.

Other aspects will be apparent upon reading and understanding the drawings and detailed description.

BRIEF abstract

1 is a schematic structural diagram of a device monitoring system in the prior art;

2 is a schematic flowchart of a software upgrade method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a step of upgrading the service board to be upgraded in the packet according to the priority order of the response returned by the network management server according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded. Schematic diagram of the first embodiment of step S200);

As shown in Figure 2, if the service board that has been successfully upgraded is used as the controller and the software is upgraded, the service board that has been successfully upgraded is upgraded according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded. Schematic diagram of the first embodiment of the step of upgrading the service board (ie, step S300);

5 is a step of upgrading the service board to be upgraded in the packet according to the priority order of the response returned by the network management server according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded, as described in FIG. Schematic diagram of the second embodiment of step S200);

As shown in Figure 2, if the service board that has been successfully upgraded is used as the controller and the software is upgraded, the service board that has been successfully upgraded is upgraded according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded. Schematic diagram of the second embodiment of the step of upgrading the service board (ie, step S300);

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of functional modules of a software upgrade system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

8 is a schematic diagram of functional modules of the network management upgrade module 20 of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of functional modules of the service board upgrade module 30 of FIG. 7.

The implementation, functional features and advantages of the present application will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Embodiments of the invention

It is understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the application and are not intended to be limiting.

The embodiment of the invention provides a software upgrade method and system, and the software upgrade system includes a network management server and a service board.

The network management server includes a software version information base and a network management upgrade module. The software version information base is configured to store software version information of all service boards in the network element, and simultaneously manage the service board software version. The network management server establishes a software version information base and does not need to store the actual software upgrade program. In the software version information repository, you only need to record the existing software version information of the service board to be upgraded. The software version information is identified by a specific identifier, and the software version is determined by the comparison of the specific identifiers. After a service board in the service board to be upgraded in the NE is upgraded, it is updated in the software version information base. The network management server also supports grouping multiple service boards, each of which contains several service boards of the same type or different types. In this case, the service board of the same type in the group is generally required to be upgraded to the new version of the service board, or you want to force a rollback to a specific version of the service board. The network management upgrade module is configured to manage message communication with the service board during the upgrade process (for example, receiving the version information of the service board, sending a service board upgrade command, etc.), comparing the current version of the service board software with the version that is desired to be upgraded, and the like. . After the service board of the upgraded group is supported, the network management module of the network management server can notify the other service boards to be upgraded that the new software version can be upgraded after comparing the upgraded service boards and software versions of other service boards. Guide other service boards of the same type in the group to request upgraded software from the service board that has completed the upgrade. At the same time, considering the problem of load and efficiency, not all service boards request the same upgraded service board. The network management server and the main control board upgrade the other services in turn by the preferred order of returning response information. The board makes the upgrade more efficient until the business boards in the group are upgraded. At the same time, the network management upgrade module also supports all the same types of service boards in the mandatory group to fall back to a specific software version according to the preferred order of returning response information. The service board includes a service board upgrade module and an upgrade execution module. The service board upgrade module is configured to manage message communication with the network management server or other service boards during the upgrade process, and compare the software versions of the service board and the adjacent service boards. The service board upgrade module supports the setting of the automatic update function, and determines whether to receive the update reminder sent by the network management server, or whether it is automatically updated to the software version of other service boards in the group; and when the network management server does not guide the update, the service board is enabled. When the automatic update function is used, the software version information sent from the adjacent service board in the same network element is automatically updated or prompted to update the user with a new version that can be updated. There are two ways for the service board to obtain the version information of the service board to be upgraded. The first one is to send the group message to other service boards in the same network element after the service board is successfully upgraded. The second type is the service board. When powering on, you will be asked about the version information of other service boards in the same network element. The upgrade execution module is configured to perform a software upgrade operation, and Upgrade the rollback operation of the service board software.

Referring to FIG. 2, FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a software upgrade method according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the software upgrade method includes:

Step S100: Obtain the information of the network management server. If the network management server is detected, the network management server is used as the controller to control the software upgrade. If the network management server is not detected, the service board that has been successfully upgraded is used as the controller to control the software upgrade.

The service board obtains the network management server information. If the network management server is detected, the network management server acts as the controller to control the software upgrade. If the network management server is not detected, the service board that has been successfully upgraded serves as the controller to control the software upgrade. The network management server establishes a software version information base and a service group of the service board to be upgraded. The software version information database only needs to record the existing software version information of a service board, and does not need to store the actual software upgrade program. The software version information is provided with an identifier for software version detection. According to the identifier, the new and old versions of the software can be identified, and the software version can be compared to determine which software version is relatively new and which software version is relatively old. After each upgrade of a service board in the NE, the network management server updates the software version information database and the software version information of the service board. The network management server supports the grouping of multiple service boards. Each group can contain several service boards of the same type. If it is the same type of service board in the group, it is generally expected to be upgraded to the new version, or you want to force the rollback to A specific version.

Step S200: If the network management server is used as the controller and the control software is upgraded, the network management server upgrades the service board to be upgraded in the packet according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded.

If the network management server is used as the controller and the control software is upgraded, the network management server sends the software version information of the upgraded service board to the service board to be upgraded in the group; if the network management server receives the request to be upgraded, the service board is upgraded. If the service board of the upgraded service board is the same type of service board as the upgraded service board, and the software version of the upgraded service board is newer than the software version of the service board to be upgraded, the network management server receives the service according to the received service. The upgrade service board returns the priority of the response, establishes an iterative upgrade sequence, and controls the service board to be upgraded for upgrade.

Step S300: If the service board that has been successfully upgraded is used as the controller and the control software is upgraded, the service board that has been upgraded is upgraded according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded.

If the service board of the upgraded service board is used as the controller and the control software is upgraded, the service board that has been successfully upgraded will send the software version information to the service board to be upgraded in the NE. If the service board to be upgraded is updated, the software version of the service board that has been successfully upgraded is the same as the software version of the service board to be upgraded. The service board that has been upgraded successfully sets the iteration upgrade order based on the priority of the response to the service board to be upgraded.

The software upgrade method provided in this embodiment saves system resources, does not occupy the CPU and storage space of the server, optimizes management software version information, improves the upgrade speed of the multi-service board in the network element, simplifies the manual operation of the software upgrade, and avoids human factors. The omissions and errors have enabled the automated upgrade of the business board.

As shown in FIG. 3, FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of the first embodiment of step S200 in FIG. 2. In the first embodiment, the step S200 includes:

Step S200A: If the network management server is detected, the network management server is used as the controller to control the software upgrade, and the network management server establishes an iterative upgrade sequence according to the priority order of the received service board to be upgraded, and controls the service board to be upgraded. .

The network management server sends the software version information of the successfully upgraded service board to the service board to be upgraded in the group. The service board to be upgraded determines whether the service board and the upgraded service board are of the same type according to the software version information sent by the network management server. If the software version of the service board that is successfully upgraded is newer than the software version of the service board to be upgraded, then the software version of the service board is the same as that of the upgraded service board. Return the message to the network management server and request the upgrade; if not (that is, not the same type of service board, or the software version of the service board to be upgraded is newer than the software version of the service board that has been upgraded successfully), the network management server is sent off. The message, do not respond. The network management server establishes an iteration upgrade sequence based on the priority of the upgrade request from the service board to be upgraded, and controls the service board to be upgraded.

In the software upgrade method provided in this embodiment, if the network management server is detected, the network management server is used as a controller to control the software upgrade, and the network management server establishes an iterative upgrade sequence according to the priority order of the response of the service board to be upgraded received in the packet. Control the upgrade of the service board to be upgraded, which enhances the reliability of the upgrade and improves the upgrade speed of the service board.

As shown in FIG. 4, FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of the first embodiment of step S300 in FIG. 2. In the first embodiment, the step S300 includes:

Step S300A: If the service board that has been successfully upgraded is used as the controller and the control software is upgraded, the service board that has been successfully upgraded establishes an iterative upgrade order according to the priority order of the received service board to be upgraded, and controls the service to be upgraded. The board is upgraded.

If the service board of the upgraded service board is used as the controller and the software is upgraded, the software version of the upgraded service board is sent to the service board to be upgraded. Whether the service board that has been successfully upgraded is the same type of service board, and whether the software version of the service board is newer than the software version of the successfully upgraded service board. If the software version of the service board that has been successfully upgraded is newer than the software version of the service board to be upgraded, the message is returned to the upgraded service board and the upgrade is requested. If not (that is, not the same type) If the software version of the service board to be upgraded is newer than the software version of the service board that has been upgraded successfully, the message sent by the successfully upgraded service board is discarded, and no response is received. The service boards that have been upgraded are upgraded based on the priority of the upgrade request from the service board to be upgraded.

In the software upgrade method provided by the embodiment, if the network management server is not detected, the service board that has been successfully upgraded is used as the controller, and the software is upgraded. The service board that has been successfully upgraded returns a response according to the received service board to be upgraded. The priority is set, and the iteration upgrade order is set up to control the upgrade of the service board to be upgraded. This improves the reliability of the upgrade and improves the upgrade speed of multiple service boards in the NE.

As shown in FIG. 5, FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a second embodiment of the step S200 in FIG. 2. The software upgrade method provided in this embodiment is performed on the basis of the first embodiment, and the step S200 includes:

Step S210: The network management server establishes a software version information base and a service group to be upgraded, and the service board that has been successfully upgraded is used as the source service board.

The network management server sets up the software version information base and the service group of the service board to be upgraded based on all the service boards to be upgraded, and uses one of the successfully upgraded service boards as the source service board.

Step S220: The network management server obtains the software version information of the source service board, and saves the software version information of the source service board in the software version information base.

The network management server obtains the software version information of the source service board, and saves the software version information of the source service board in the software version information base, and updates the software version information of the software version information base in real time, so that the software version information is obtained. The software version information in the library is kept up to date.

Step S230: The network management server sends the software version information of the source service board to the service board to be upgraded in the packet.

The network management server sends the software version information of the source service board to the service board to be upgraded in the packet.

Step S240: Determine whether the service board to be upgraded in the packet needs to be upgraded according to the response returned by the service board to be upgraded in the packet.

The network management server may determine, according to the response information returned by the service board to be upgraded in the packet, whether the service board to be upgraded in the packet needs to be upgraded, for example, if receiving response information returned by another service board to be upgraded, If the service board to be upgraded does not need to be upgraded, the service board to be upgraded does not need to be upgraded. Or, the software version information database is searched for the specific version of the software requirements in the response information returned by the service board to be upgraded in the packet, and the corresponding software version information is found.

Step S250: If the service board to be upgraded in the packet needs to be upgraded, the service board to be upgraded in the packet is controlled to be iteratively upgraded according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded.

The network management server determines the board to be upgraded according to the response returned by the service board to be upgraded in the packet, and upgrades the board to be upgraded in the packet according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded. Iteratively upgrades in an orderly manner. The upgrade mode of the service board to be upgraded in the packet may be an iterative upgrade mode. For example, the upgrade software in the source service board is first sent to one service board in the service board to be upgraded (that is, the second service board). The upgrade is performed. If the upgrade of the second service board is successful, the service board (the source service board and the second service board) that have been successfully upgraded are available in the group. The source service board and the second service are available. The board also sends the upgrade software to other service boards to be upgraded in the group; the second round of upgrade is started, and the other two service boards (ie, the third service board and the fourth service board) are upgraded. If the upgrade is successful, the group has The four service boards can be used as the sending end of the upgrade software. After the third round of upgrade, you can upgrade the four service boards (the fifth service board, the sixth service board, the seventh service board, and the eighth service board). The upgrade process and so on. By iteratively upgrading the business boards within the group, it actually goes through about 6 to 8 rounds of upgrades. It can complete the upgrade of similar business boards in the entire group. Through the iterative upgrade, the upgrade speed of multi-service boards in the group is improved.

The software upgrade method provided in this embodiment improves the upgrade speed of the multi-service boards in the group by performing an iterative upgrade in an orderly manner according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded.

As shown in FIG. 6 , FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a refinement process of the second embodiment of the step S300 in FIG. 2 . On the basis of the first embodiment, the software upgrade method provided in this embodiment includes:

Step S310: The service board that has been successfully upgraded is used as the source service board, and the upgraded software version information is sent by the source service board to the service board to be upgraded in the network element.

The software upgrade system sends the upgraded service board as the source service board. The source service board sends the upgraded software version information to the service board to be upgraded in the NE.

Step S320: Determine whether the service board to be upgraded needs to be upgraded according to the response returned by the service board to be upgraded in the network element.

The software upgrade system determines, according to the response information returned by the service board to be upgraded in the network element, whether the service board to be upgraded in the network element needs to be upgraded, for example, if receiving response information returned by another service board to be upgraded, If the service board to be upgraded does not need to be upgraded, the service board to be upgraded does not need to be upgraded.

Step S330: If the service board to be upgraded needs to be upgraded, the upgrade service board is to be iteratively upgraded according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded.

On the board to be upgraded, determine the board to be upgraded and upgrade the board to be upgraded. The upgrade mode is iteratively upgraded according to the priority of the response returned by the board to be upgraded. The upgrade mode of the upgraded service board can be an iterative upgrade. For example, the source service board sends the upgrade software to one of the other service boards (that is, the second service version) to be upgraded. If the second service board is upgraded. If the service board is successful, the service board (the source service board and the second service board) that have been upgraded successfully are sent to the NE through the source service board and the second service board. Other service boards to be upgraded; start the second round of upgrades and upgrade the other two service boards (ie, the third service board and the fourth service board). If the upgrade is successful, there are four service boards in the network element that can be upgraded. The sender of the software; the third round of upgrades can be upgraded, and the four service boards (the fifth service board, the sixth service board, the seventh service board, and the eighth service board) can be upgraded at the same time; The upgrade process is the same. By iteratively upgrading the service boards in the NEs, you can actually upgrade the same service boards in the entire NE by experiencing about 6 to 8 rounds of upgrades. The iterative upgrade method improves the upgrade speed of multiple service boards in the NE.

The software upgrade method provided in this embodiment is upgraded in an orderly manner according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded, thereby improving the upgrade speed of the multi-service board in the network element.

As shown in FIG. 7, FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a function module of a software upgrade system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the software upgrade system includes a network management server and a service board, where

The service board includes:

The acquiring module 10 is configured to obtain the information of the network management server, wherein if the network management server is detected, the network management server is used as a controller to control the software upgrade; if the network management server is not detected, the service board that has been successfully upgraded is used as the controller. Control software upgrades;

The service board upgrade module 30 is configured to: upgrade the service board to be upgraded in the network element according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded;

The network management server includes:

The network management system upgrade module 20 is configured to: the network management server is used as a controller, and the software to be upgraded in the group is upgraded according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded.

The acquiring module 10 of the service board obtains the information of the network management server. If the network management server is detected, the network management server acts as the controller to control the software upgrade. If the network management server is not detected, the service board that has been successfully upgraded serves as the controller, and the control software is used. upgrade. The network management server establishes a software version information base and a service group of the service board to be upgraded. The software version information database only needs to record the existing software version information of a service board, and does not need to store the actual software upgrade program. The software version information is provided with an identifier for software version detection. According to the identifier, the new and old versions of the software can be identified, and the software version can be compared to determine which software version is relatively new and which software version is relatively old. After each upgrade of a service board in the NE, the network management server updates the software version information database and the software version information of the service board. The network management server supports grouping of multiple service boards. Each group can contain several service boards of the same type. If it is the same type of service board in the group, it is generally I hope to upgrade to a new version, or I want to force a rollback to a specific version.

If the service board is upgraded by the service board that has been successfully upgraded, the service board upgrade module 30 of the service board that has been upgraded successfully sends the software version information of the service board to the service board to be upgraded in the NE; If the service board to be upgraded is updated, the software version of the service board that has been successfully upgraded is the same as the software version of the service board to be upgraded. The iteration upgrade sequence is established according to the priority of the response to the service board to be upgraded, and the service board to be upgraded is upgraded.

If the network management server is used as the controller and the control software is upgraded, the network management module 20 of the network management server sends the software version information of the successfully upgraded service board to the service board to be upgraded in the packet; The service upgrade request message is determined that the service board to be upgraded is the same type of service board as the service board that has been successfully upgraded, and the software version of the successfully upgraded service board is newer than the software version of the service board to be upgraded, and according to the received The service board to be upgraded returns the priority of the response, and the iteration upgrade sequence is established to control the service board to be upgraded.

The software upgrade system provided in this embodiment saves system resources, does not occupy the CPU and storage space of the server, optimizes management version information, improves the upgrade speed of multiple service boards in the network element, simplifies the manual operation of the software upgrade, and avoids human factors. Omissions and errors have enabled the automated upgrade of the business board.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of functional modules of the network management upgrade module 20 of FIG. 7. As shown in FIG. 8 , the network management system upgrade module 20 is configured to: when the network management server is used as a controller, when the software is upgraded, the iterative upgrade sequence is established according to the priority order of the received service board to be upgraded, and the control is to be upgraded. The business board is upgraded.

The network management upgrade module 20 of the network management server sends the software version information of the successfully upgraded service board to the service board to be upgraded in the packet; the service board to be upgraded determines the service board that has been successfully upgraded according to the software version information sent by the network management server. Whether it is the same type of service board, and whether the software version of the service board is the same as the software version of the service board that has been successfully upgraded. If the service board of the same type of service board is upgraded, the software version of the service board that has been upgraded is better than that of the service board to be upgraded. If the software version is new, the message is returned to the network management server and the upgrade is requested. If the service version is not the same as the service board of the service board, the software version of the service board to be upgraded is newer than the software version of the service board that has been upgraded successfully. Discard the message sent by the network management server and do not respond. 20 network management upgrade modules of the network management server The iteration upgrade sequence is set up according to the priority of the upgrade request to be upgraded. The service board to be upgraded is upgraded.

In the software upgrade system provided in this embodiment, if the network management server is detected, the network management server is used as a controller to control the software upgrade, and the network management server establishes an iterative upgrade sequence according to the priority order of the response of the service board to be upgraded received in the packet. Control the upgrade of the service board to be upgraded, which enhances the reliability of the upgrade and improves the upgrade speed of multiple service boards in the NE.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of functional modules of the service board upgrade module 30 of FIG. 7. As shown in Figure 9, the service board upgrade module 30 of the service board that has been successfully upgraded is configured as follows: The service board that has been successfully upgraded is used as the controller. When the software is upgraded, the response is returned according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded. The iteration upgrade sequence is set up to control the upgrade of the service board to be upgraded in the NE.

The service board upgrade module 30 sends the software version information of the successfully upgraded service board to the service board to be upgraded in the network element. The service board to be upgraded determines that it has been successfully upgraded according to the software version information sent by the successfully upgraded service board. Whether the service board of the same type of service board is the same as the software version of the service board that has been successfully upgraded. If the software version of the service board of the same type is upgraded, the software version of the service board is upgraded. If the software version of the service board is new, the service board of the service board is upgraded. If the service board is not upgraded, the software version of the service board to be upgraded is higher than that of the service board. If the software version is new, the message sent by the successfully upgraded service board is discarded, and no response is made. The service board upgrade module 30 of the service board that has been upgraded successfully establishes an iterative upgrade sequence according to the priority order of the upgrade request returned by the service board to be upgraded, and controls the service board to be upgraded to be upgraded.

In the software upgrade system provided in this embodiment, if the network management server is not detected, the service board that has been successfully upgraded is used as the controller, and the software is upgraded. The service board that has been successfully upgraded returns a response according to the received service board to be upgraded. The priority is set, and the iteration upgrade order is set up to control the upgrade of the service board to be upgraded. This improves the reliability of the upgrade and improves the upgrade speed of multiple service boards in the NE.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of functional modules of the network management upgrade module 20 of FIG. 7. As shown in FIG. 8, the network management upgrade module 20 includes:

The establishing unit 21 is configured to establish a software version information base and a service group to be upgraded, and use the service board that has been successfully upgraded as the source service board;

The obtaining unit 22 is configured to obtain the software version information of the source service board, and save the software version information of the source service board in the software version information base;

The first sending unit 23 is configured to send the upgraded software version information of the source service board to the to-be-upgraded service board in the packet;

The first determining unit 24 is configured to determine, according to the response returned by the service board to be upgraded in the packet, whether the service board to be upgraded in the packet needs to be upgraded;

The network management unit 25 is configured to perform an iterative upgrade according to the priority order of the response to be updated by the service board to be upgraded if the service board to be upgraded in the packet needs to be upgraded.

The network management server establishing unit 21 establishes a software version information base and a service group to be upgraded according to all the service boards to be upgraded, and uses one of the upgraded service boards as the source service board.

The acquiring unit 22 of the network management server obtains the software version information of the source service board, and saves the software version information of the source service board in the software version information base, and updates the software version information of the software version information base in real time, thereby Keep the software version information in the software version repository up to date.

The first sending unit 23 of the network management server sends the software version information of the source service board to the service board to be upgraded in the packet by means of the group sending information.

The first determining unit 24 of the network management server may determine, according to the response information returned by the service board to be upgraded in the packet, whether the service board to be upgraded in the packet needs to be upgraded, for example, if other service boards to be upgraded are received, The response information indicates that the other service boards to be upgraded need to be upgraded. If the other service boards to be upgraded do not receive the response, the other service boards to be upgraded do not need to be upgraded. Or, the software version information database is searched for the specific version of the software requirements in the response information returned by the service board to be upgraded in the packet, and the corresponding software version information is found.

The network management unit 25 of the network management server determines the board to be upgraded according to the response returned by the service board to be upgraded in the packet, and upgrades the board to be upgraded in the group. The returned response priorities are iteratively upgraded in an orderly manner. The manner in which the network management server upgrades the service board to be upgraded in the packet may be an iterative upgrade manner, for example, first. The upgrade software in the source service board is sent to one of the other service boards (that is, the second service version) in the service board to be upgraded. If the second service board is upgraded successfully, there are two in the group. The upgraded service board (the source service board and the second service board) can be used to send the upgrade software to other service boards to be upgraded in the group through the source service board and the second service board. The second round of upgrade is started and upgraded. The other two service boards (the third service board and the fourth service board), if the upgrade is successful, there are four service boards in the group that can be used as the sender of the upgrade software; when the third round of upgrade is started, four services can be upgraded at the same time. The board is the fifth service board, the sixth service board, the seventh service board, and the eighth service board. The subsequent upgrade process is similar. By iteratively upgrading the service boards in the group, in fact, after about 6 to 8 rounds of upgrades, the upgrade of the same type of service boards in the entire group can be completed. Through the iterative upgrade, the upgrade speed of multi-service boards in the group is improved.

The software upgrade system provided in this embodiment improves the upgrade speed of the multi-service boards in the group by performing an orderly upgrade according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of functional modules of the service board upgrade module 30 of FIG. 7. As shown in FIG. 9, the service board upgrade module 30 includes:

The second sending unit 31 is configured to: send the upgraded software version information to the service board to be upgraded in the network element when the software upgrade is performed by using the upgraded service board as the controller;

The second determining unit 32 is configured to: determine, according to the response returned by the service board to be upgraded in the network element, whether the service board to be upgraded needs to be upgraded;

The service board upgrade unit 33 is configured to: if the service board to be upgraded needs to be upgraded, perform an iterative upgrade on the upgrade service board according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded in the network element.

When the upgraded service board is used as the controller and the control software is upgraded, the second sending unit 31 of the successfully upgraded service board sends the upgraded software version information to the to-be-upgraded service board in the network element by using the group information. .

The second determining unit 32 of the upgraded service board determines whether the service board to be upgraded in the network element needs to be upgraded according to the response information returned by the service board to be upgraded in the network element, for example, if other services are received. If the response information returned by the service board is upgraded, the other service boards to be upgraded need to be upgraded. If the service board is not received, the other service boards to be upgraded do not need to be upgraded.

The service board upgrade unit 33 determines the board to be upgraded according to the response of the service board to be upgraded, and upgrades the board to be upgraded. The upgrade mode is iteratively upgraded according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded. . The upgrade mode of the upgraded service board can be an iterative upgrade. For example, the upgrade software in the source service board is sent to one of the other service boards (that is, the second service version) in the service board to be upgraded. After the board upgrade is successful, the service board (the source service board and the second service board) that have been successfully upgraded are available in the NE. The upgrade software can be sent to the source service board and the second service board at the same time. If the upgrade is successful, there are four service boards in the NE. As the sending end of the upgrade software, you can upgrade the four service boards (the fifth service board, the sixth service board, the seventh service board, and the eighth service board) at the same time. The subsequent upgrade process and so on. . By iteratively upgrading the service boards in the NEs, you can actually upgrade the same service boards in the entire NE by experiencing about 6 to 8 rounds of upgrades. The iterative upgrade method improves the upgrade speed of multiple service boards in the NE.

The software upgrade system provided in this embodiment improves the upgrade speed of multiple service boards in the network element by performing an orderly upgrade according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a software upgrade method, which is applied to a service board, and includes: the service board detects network management server information; if the network management server is detected, the service board performs software upgrade under the control of the network management server; When the network management server is detected, and the service board is a service board that has been successfully upgraded, the service board upgrades the service board to be upgraded in the NE according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded in the NE; When the network management server is not detected, and the service board is the service board to be upgraded, the service board performs software upgrade under the control of the service board that has been successfully upgraded in the network element.

The embodiment of the invention further provides a service board, comprising: a communication unit and a processor, the communication unit is configured to detect network management server information, and the processor is configured to: if the network management server is detected, under the control of the network management server After the software upgrade is performed, if the network management server is not detected and the service board is a successfully upgraded service board, upgrade the service board to be upgraded in the NE according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded. If the network management server is not detected, and the service board is the service board to be upgraded, the software upgrade is performed under the control of the service board that has been successfully upgraded in the network element.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or a portion of the above steps may be performed by a program to instruct related hardware, such as a processor, which may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, such as a read only memory, disk or optical disk. Wait. Alternatively, all or part of the steps of the above embodiments may also be implemented using one or more integrated circuits. Correspondingly, each module/unit in the above embodiment may be implemented in the form of hardware, for example, by implementing an integrated circuit to implement its corresponding function, or may be implemented in the form of a software function module, for example, executing a program stored in the memory by a processor. / instruction to achieve its corresponding function. The invention is not limited to any specific form of combination of hardware and software.

The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention, and the equivalent structure or equivalent process transformations made by the description of the present invention and the drawings are directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields. The same is included in the scope of patent protection of the present invention.

Industrial applicability

The embodiment of the invention provides a software upgrade method and system, which saves system resources, does not occupy the CPU and storage space of the server, optimizes management version information, improves the upgrade speed of multiple service boards in the network element, simplifies the manual operation of software upgrade, and avoids The omissions and errors caused by human factors have realized the automatic upgrade function of the business board.

Claims

A software upgrade method, including:

If the network management server is detected, the network management server is used as the controller to control the software upgrade. If the network management server is not detected, the service board that has been successfully upgraded is used as the controller to control the software upgrade.

If the network management server is used as the controller and the control software is upgraded, the network management server upgrades the service board to be upgraded in the packet according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded.

If the service board that has been successfully upgraded is used as the controller and the software is upgraded, the service board that has been upgraded is upgraded according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded.
The software upgrade method according to claim 1, wherein if the network management server is used as a controller to control software upgrade, the network management server upgrades the service to be upgraded in the packet according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded. The steps to upgrade the board include:

If the network management server is used as the controller to control the software upgrade, the network management server establishes an iterative upgrade sequence according to the priority of the response to the service board to be upgraded, and controls the service board to be upgraded.
The software upgrade method of claim 1, wherein if the service board that has been successfully upgraded is used as a controller and the software is upgraded, the service board that has been upgraded is prioritized according to the response returned by the service board to be upgraded. The steps for upgrading the service board to be upgraded in the NE include:

If the service board that has been successfully upgraded is used as the controller and the software is upgraded, the service board that has been upgraded will be upgraded according to the priority of the response to the service board to be upgraded. .
The software upgrade method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein, if the network management server is used as a controller and the software is upgraded, the network management server waits for the response in the packet according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded. The steps to upgrade the business board for upgrade include:

The network management server establishes the software version information base and the service group of the service board to be upgraded, and the service board that has been successfully upgraded is used as the source service board.

The network management server obtains software version information of the source service board, and softens the source service board. The version information is saved in the software version information base;

The network management server sends the software version information of the source service board to the service board to be upgraded in the packet;

The network management server determines, according to the response returned by the service board to be upgraded in the packet, whether the service board to be upgraded in the packet needs to be upgraded;

If the service board to be upgraded in the packet needs to be upgraded, the network management server controls the service board to be upgraded in the packet to be iteratively upgraded according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded.
The software upgrade method according to claim 1 or 3, wherein, if the service board that has been successfully upgraded is used as a controller and the software is upgraded, the service board that has been successfully upgraded is returned according to the response returned by the service board to be upgraded. The steps of upgrading the service boards to be upgraded in the NE include the following:

The upgraded service board is used as the source service board, and the upgraded software version information is sent by the source service board to the service board to be upgraded in the network element.

Determining whether the service board to be upgraded needs to be upgraded according to the response returned by the service board to be upgraded in the network element;

If the service board to be upgraded needs to be upgraded, the upgrade service board is iteratively upgraded according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded.
A software upgrade system, where the software upgrade system includes a network management server and a service board, where

The service board includes:

The obtaining module is configured to obtain the information of the network management server. If the network management server is detected, the network management server is used as the controller to control the software upgrade. If the network management server is not detected, the service board that has been successfully upgraded is used as the controller. software upgrade;

The service board upgrade module is configured to: upgrade the service board to be upgraded in the group according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded.

The network management server includes:

The network management upgrade module is set to: when the network management server is used as the controller, when the software is upgraded, The service boards to be upgraded in the NE are upgraded according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded.
The software upgrade system of claim 6, wherein the network management upgrade module is configured to: when the network management server is used as a controller, and the control software is upgraded, the iteration is established according to the priority order of the received service board to be updated. Upgrade the order and control the service board to be upgraded for upgrade.
The software upgrade system of claim 6, wherein the service board upgrade module is configured to: the service board that has been successfully upgraded is used as a controller, and when the software upgrade is controlled, the response is returned according to the received service board to be upgraded. Prioritize, establish an iterative upgrade order, and control the service board to be upgraded for upgrade.
The software upgrade system of claim 6 or 7, wherein the network management upgrade module comprises:

The service unit is set up to establish a service version of the software version information base and the service board to be upgraded, and the service board that has been successfully upgraded is used as the source service board.

An obtaining unit, configured to obtain software version information of the source service board, and save the software version information of the source service board in a software version information base;

The first sending unit is configured to send the upgraded software version information of the source service board to the to-be-upgraded service board in the packet;

a first determining unit, configured to determine, according to the response returned by the service board to be upgraded in the packet, whether the service board to be upgraded in the packet needs to be upgraded;

The network management upgrade unit is configured to perform an iterative upgrade according to the priority order of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded, if the service board to be upgraded in the packet needs to be upgraded.
The software upgrade system of claim 6 or 8, wherein the service board upgrade module comprises:

The second sending unit is configured to: the service board that has been successfully upgraded is used as a controller, and the software version information of the upgraded version is sent to the service board to be upgraded in the network element when the software is upgraded;

The second determining unit is configured to determine, according to the response returned by the service board to be upgraded in the network element, whether the service board to be upgraded needs to be upgraded;

The service board upgrade unit is configured to be upgraded according to the network element if the service board to be upgraded needs to be upgraded. The priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded is to be iteratively upgraded to the upgraded service board.
A software upgrade method applied to a business board, including:

The service board detects the network management server information;

If the network management server is detected, the service board performs software upgrade under the control of the network management server;

If the network management server is not detected, and the service board is a service board that has been successfully upgraded, the service board upgrades the service board to be upgraded in the NE according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded. ;

If the network management server is not detected, and the service board is the service board to be upgraded, the service board performs software upgrade under the control of the service board that has been successfully upgraded in the network element.
A business board that includes:

a communication unit and a processor, the communication unit is configured to detect network management server information, and the processor is configured to perform software upgrade under the control of the network management server if the network management server is detected, if the network management server is not detected, If the service board is a service board that has been successfully upgraded, the service board to be upgraded in the NE is upgraded according to the priority of the response returned by the service board to be upgraded in the NE. If the service management board is not detected, the service board is not detected. When the service board is to be upgraded, the software upgrade is performed under the control of the service board that has been successfully upgraded in the NE.
A computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions that, when executed, implement the software upgrade method of any one of claims 1 to 5.